The Getty Conservation Institute is an operating program of the
J. Paul Getty Trust. Other programs of the Trust are the J. Paul
Getty Museum; the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities;
the Getty Art History Information Program; the Getty Center for
Education in the Arts; the Museum Management Institute; the Getty
Grant Program; and the Program for Art on Film, a joint venture
with The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Conservation, The GCI Newsletter, is published in English and in
Spanish three times a year, for distribution, free of charge, in
winter, spring, and fall. Orders, address changes, and all other
inquires should be sent to: CONSERVATION, Getty Conservation Institute,
4503 Glencoe Avenue, Marina del Rey, California 90292 U.S.A., Telephone
310 822-2299, Fax 310 821 -9409.

This issue inaugurates a name change, an expanded format, and a
broader editorial perspective for the newsletter of the Getty Conservation
Institute. Now called Conservation, The GCI Newsletter, the periodical
seeks to address a larger audience by providing enhanced coverage
of conseration issues, along with updates on GCI activities, in
English- and Spanish-language editions. Volume VI will include this
issue only. Three Issues per volume will resume with Volume VII.